In societies emphasizing technology, where life is based on individual achievement and is less dependent on communal cooperation for prosperity, such rites have become increasingly inconsequential to mainstream social life. ... Through my Internet research and use of such sources as interviews, articles found in periodicals, and books on popular culture, I have discovered quite a range of circumstances which lead individuals to mark their bodies in contemporary rites of passage. ... While some of these modifications mark bad times in an individuals life, many mark events that are not negative...

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• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

At the same time, a significant number of consumers seem to be rebelling against foods that are good for them, preferring good taste. ... Many restaurants close during Passover, a time when many people travel and there is a high demand for restaurant products. ... Social classes differ in media preferences, with upper-class consumers preferring magazines and books and lower-class consumers prefer television. ...

• Word Count: 2786
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At the time of the education act in 1870 it was argued that the expansion of state provided elementary education was vital to Britain's economic and industrial progress The dynamics that make forced schooling detrimental to healthy human development aren't difficult to spot: the work in classrooms isn't significant work; it fails to satisfy real needs pressing on the individual, it doesn't contribute to solving problems encountered in actual life. ... Perhaps one of the reasons we are witnessing a reduction of support for public education, is that so many have passed...

• Word Count: 4180
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The amount of information displayed by the media has turned into a necessary source of information in our daily life. It is everywhere around us; in TV shows, on radio, in books, newspapers, magazines, internet, advertisements and almost everywhere. ... In a case study on moral panics, three non-identical studies were analysed from several situations and after a certain amount of time from the actual crime. ...

• Word Count: 2855
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While at Harvard, Merton spent much of his time reading essays by Emile Durkheim. ... The distress of this time appears to have forged and shaped a solid convention in the mind of Merton. The Great Depression era was a time Merton got a chance to realize the imbalance of power and means of achieving success. ... At the same time, many wealthy individuals were not affected by The Great Depression in any way. ... The deviance of retreatists is their unconventional way of life, and their assumed lack of desire. ...

• Word Count: 3988
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For the secondary research, relevant academic sources, in the form of books, journals and websites, were utilised to create a detailed 'Literature Review'. ... These treatments are providing drugs/medication such as antiretroviral drugs which slows down the deadly disease and help the patient lives a normal life. ...

• Word Count: 5360
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate